Philippines XI, Myanmar fight to 1-1 draw
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines rallied from one-goal down to salvage a 1-1 draw against Myanmar in the Asean Championship-Mitsubishi Electric Cup last night at the Rizal Memorial Stadium.
Bjorn Kristensen saved the day for the hosts as he converted the penalty kick they earned in the 72nd minute to cancel out the visitors’ first-half goal and share the spoils with their opening rivals.
The Pinoy booters found themselves on the backfoot 25 minutes into the Group B match after failing to stop Maung Muang Lwin’s looping free kick. The Burmese nearly doubled the lead in the 63rd but the home squad caught a break as the VAR (video assistant referee) review nullified the supposed goal of Ye Yint Aung.
The Filipinos will travel to Laos next to play the Laotians on Sunday, hoping to pick up the win on the road.
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